Google promoted Texas gunman fake tweets

[tay]

I wonder why there's no criticisim of Twitter for keeping these fake Tweets on........?


Google says it is "not happy" that its search results displayed false information about Texas gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who killed 26 people.

The search engine displayed a carousel of posts "popular on Twitter" that contained false stories that Kelley was a Muslim and a left-wing extremist.

Google's Danny Sullivan said the tweets were promoted by the site's "ranking algorithm", which would be improved.
"We want to get this right," he said on Twitter.

Google was criticised in October after the Top Stories section of its search results contained fake news about the Las Vegas shooting.

Mr Sullivan, who is Google's public liaison for search, said changes to the site's algorithms had prevented the same situation happening with the Texas shooting.

"We took deserved criticism after our Top Stories section carried misleading information after the Las Vegas shooting," he wrote.

"Early changes put in place after Las Vegas shootings seemed to help with Texas."

However, this time it displayed false tweets in its search results suggesting Kelley was a member of a pro-Bernie Sanders group, that he had converted to Islam and that he was a "radical alt-left" activist.

Mr Sullivan said the false tweets appeared for only a "short time" and they were displayed below legitimate search results.
He promised the feature would be improved over time.

But some people criticised Google for keeping the function on its search results before it was fixed.
"Just kill the feature until it works," said journalist Peter Bright.

Google promoted Texas gunman fake tweets - BBC News

 

[Danbones]

Yet they have no trouble with mainstream fake news
Not to mention you never know if the fake info is from the government's own lietards:
Look at how many times their stories change...not just on this account, but on just about EVERY similar type of news item...and THEN there are the outright lies on top of that..

U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans

For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January.
U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans – Foreign Policy

Now the government can lie right to your face and if you don't like it - con effe you.
Why did Martha Stewart go to jail?....for lying to the FBI

 

[justlooking]

Yet they have no trouble with mainstream fake news
Not to mention you never know if the fake info is from the government's own lietards:
Look at how many times their stories change...not just on this account, but on just about EVERY similar type of news item...and THEN there are the outright lies on top of that..

Vicente Gonzales and Sam Hyde, broadcast on CNN.
None of them are able to figure out how stupid they all are.

Gonzales (D is for DUMMY), 'Yes I confirm my sources are saying Sam Hyde is the shooter'.
Live on CNN.

There is no such thing as fact checking, just post the lies as fast as possible.
Hilarious.

 

[Cannuck]

*group hug*

 

[Curious Cdn]

Yet they have no trouble with mainstream fake news
Not to mention you never know if the fake info is from the government's own lietards:
Look at how many times their stories change...not just on this account, but on just about EVERY similar type of news item...and THEN there are the outright lies on top of that..

U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans

For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January.
U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans – Foreign Policy

Now the government can lie right to your face and if you don't like it - con effe you.
Why did Martha Stewart go to jail?....for lying to the FBI

In this new Twitterverse, any knumbskull can post amy cuckoo song and build a following. Most of the news media have some process to check what they claim (lest they get sued). Any escapee from the booby hatch can say absolutely anything on here, it would seem

 

[justlooking]

Most of the news media have some process to check what they claim

Fact is, they don't.
Gonzales, Sam Hyde, and CNN are proof enough of that on it's own.

 

[Danbones]

In this new Twitterverse, any knumbskull can post amy cuckoo song and build a following. Most of the news media have some process to check what they claim (lest they get sued). Any escapee from the booby hatch can say absolutely anything on here, it would seem

Yeah that sure explains CNN and hillary will win ( and why that criminal freak isn't in jail yet)

and you auntie trumpers who have NEVER been right yet..again

Happy one year anniversary to you

have a flour

 

[taxslave]

THe problem with social media is that it was intended for people to keep in touch with friends. It was never meant to be another outlet for gossipmongers. Twitter is for twits.

 

[Hoid]

So many people working so hard to spread fake news. Why?